EP2478063B1 - Printing process and liquid ink jet ink - Google Patents

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EP2478063B1
EP2478063B1 EP10755134.3A EP10755134A EP2478063B1 EP 2478063 B1 EP2478063 B1 EP 2478063B1 EP 10755134 A EP10755134 A EP 10755134A EP 2478063 B1 EP2478063 B1 EP 2478063B1
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09D—COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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    • B41J2/06—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by electric or magnetic field
    • B41J2/065—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by electric or magnetic field involving the preliminary making of ink protuberances
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
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    • B41M1/26—Printing on other surfaces than ordinary paper
    • B41M1/30—Printing on other surfaces than ordinary paper on organic plastics, horn or similar materials
    • B41M1/305—Printing on other surfaces than ordinary paper on organic plastics, horn or similar materials using mechanical, physical or chemical means, e.g. corona discharge, etching or organic solvents, to improve ink retention
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    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09D—COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR
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    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09D—COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/015—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process
    • B41J2/04—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand
    • B41J2/06—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by electric or magnetic field
    • B41J2002/062—Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by electric or magnetic field by using a divided counter electrode opposite to ejection openings of an electrostatic printhead, e.g. for controlling the flying direction of ejected toner particles by providing the divided parts of the counter electrode with different potentials

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  • the present invention relates to decoration and image fixing processes, and inks for use therein.
  • Printing techniques broadly fall into two categories. The first is traditional 'analogue' techniques such as offset, gravure, flexography or screen printing. In these techniques, a permanent impression of the image to be printed is formed on a printing plate, drum or screen by mechanical or lithographic means, to which ink is applied. The image is then transferred to the material to be printed. In colour printing, this process is repeated a number of times using a different plate, drum or screen and a different ink colour to lay down each colour separation of the image;
  • the second printing technique is 'digital' printing, whereby an image stored in computer memory is formed directly on the material to be printed by an electronically controlled system, without the need for permanent 'tooling'.
  • digital print processes are dry powder electrophotography, liquid toner electrophotography, continuous ink jet (CIJ), thermal ink jet (TIJ) and piezoelectric drop-on-demand (DOD) ink jet.
  • the printing of colour images involves the sequential application of at least two colour separations.
  • packaging materials are non-absorbent, typically having an outer surface of metal, plastic or varnish.
  • existing print processes need to dry or fix each colour separation onto the substrate before putting down the subsequent colour separation, to avoid smudging and degradation of the image; in the case of traditional analogue methods, this would result from the physical contact of the equipment printing the subsequent colours, while in the case of non-contact methods like inkjet, the degradation arises from flow of ink on the non-absorbent substrate.
  • CIJ and TIJ printers use solvent or water-based inks. These processes are not able to create high quality images on non-absorbing substrates because the ink is not viscous, and is able to flow the substrate. Further, the coloured inks used in these small nozzlejet printers are based on soluble dyes, as insoluble pigment based inks can cause problems with nozzle blocking. Therefore the advantages of pigment formulations, namely better water, heat and light fastness, are precluded.
  • WO93/11866 describes an inkjet printing technology, in which droplets of variable size, containing a high concentration of particulate material, are produced. Specific advantages conveyed by this process include the ability to form droplets smaller than a picolitre while still using pigments as the colorant material. As the size of the droplets is controlled primarily by the voltage waveform applied to an ejection point, they are not limited by the size of an ink jet nozzle. Also, the colorant material is significantly concentrated in the ejected droplets. Therefore, high resolution and high density images based on light and water-resistant pigments can be produced.
  • WO95/01404 describes ink jet inks suitable for use in the process described in WO93/11866 . All the ink compositions disclosed therein contain a binder, such as a synthetic resin.
  • US4165399 describes binder-less ink compositions suitable for use in ink jet operations. However, these ink composition are only suitable for use on synthetic polymeric resin surfaces (into which the ink composition can penetrate). They are not suitable for use on non-absorbent surfaces. All the ink compositions disclosed therein contain between 0.5 and 5.0 percent by weight of a dye.
  • US 2007/120923 A1 discloses overcoat compositions including film-forming resins and organic liquids.
  • the overcoat compositions are included in ink sets that also include oil-based ink compositions. It also discloses methods for ink-jet printing using oil-based ink compositions and overcoat compositions.
  • EP 2017016 A1 discloses a conductive coating film formed on a substrate by bringing a conductive material covered with a protective material into contact with a material having anion exchange ability, through such a process wherein an anion exchange layer containing a material having anion exchange ability is formed on a substrate and then a layer containing a conductive material covered with a protective material is formed on the anion exchange layer, or alternatively through such a process wherein a layer containing a conductive material covered with a protective material is formed on a substrate and then an anion exchange layer containing a material having anion exchange ability is formed on the layer containing a conductive material.
  • EP 1927632 A1 discloses a radiation curable composition comprising a curable compound, a photo-initiator and a co-initiator characterized in that said co-initiator has a structure according to Formula I A-L-B Formula I wherein A represents a structural moiety comprising an aromatic tertiary amine; B represents a structural moiety comprising at least one aliphatic tertiary amine; L represents a divalent linking group positioning the nitrogen atom of the aromatic amine of the structural moiety A and the nitrogen of at least one aliphatic amine of the structural moiety B in a 1-3 to 1-23 position; with the proviso that at least one aromatic and at least one aliphatic amine each have at least one alfa-hydrogen.
  • A represents a structural moiety comprising an aromatic tertiary amine
  • B represents a structural moiety comprising at least one aliphatic tertiary amine
  • L represents a divalent linking group positioning the nitrogen
  • US 2004/259015 A1 discloses a recording liquid including a colorant and a carrier liquid including at least a poly-alpha-olefin.
  • the recording liquid can be used as a liquid developer, an inkjet ink, a printing ink, a marker ink, an electronic recording ink, or the like.
  • An image forming method is also disclosed, including the steps of applying a recording liquid on a liquid bearing member to form a layer of the recording liquid; and developing an electrostatic latent image born on an image bearing member by bringing the layer of the recording liquid into contact with the image bearing member to form a visual image on the image bearing member.
  • US 3542682 discloses a positive-working liquid toner composition
  • a positive-working liquid toner composition comprising in an electrically insulating carrier liquid, a pigment, a metal soap and a dispersing agent comprising an alkylated polymer of a heterocyclic N-vinyl monomer.
  • the present invention addresses the problem of both simplifying the printing process, while still allowing high quality images to be formed, particularly on non-absorbent print surfaces. It has been found that this can be achieved by the use of a non-contact electrostatic printing process.
  • the present invention is a process for forming an image on a substrate, comprising depositing ink compositions of at least two colours onto the substrate to form the image, and fixing the image on the substrate, wherein the ink is deposited using an electrostatic printhead, which ejects chargeable marking particles dispersed in a carrier fluid by using an applied electric field to first concentrate and then eject the marking particles, and wherein all of the ink compositions are deposited onto the substrate before the image is fixed; wherein the fixing is by coating the ink compositions with a varnish, and then curing the varnish, or by pre-coating the surface of the substrate with an uncured or partially-cured basecoat material before all ink compositions are deposited, and then fixing the ink compositions by curing the basecoat after all the ink compositions have been deposited.
  • binder-less inks containing a high pigment concentration are especially useful in a process of the invention, as they allow complete independence of the decoration and fixing processes.
  • an ink composition comprising:
  • the present invention comprises an ink composition according to any of claims 5 to 8, consisting of:
  • the present invention comprises a process for forming an image on a substrate, comprising depositing an ink composition as defined directly above onto the substrate, and fixing the ink composition onto the substrate.
  • a chargeable marking particle is a material that changes the color of the light it reflects as the result of selective color absorption, i.e. a chargeable pigment, including complete absorption (black), and no absorption (white).
  • the marking particle that is suitable for use in the invention is predominantly insoluble in the carrier liquid. Preferably, less than 1% of the marking particles are soluble in the carrier liquid. Examples of marking particles suitable for use in the invention are PB15:3 (cyan), PR57:1 (magenta), PY12 (yellow) and SB7 (black).
  • the dispersant is usually a material such as a polymer, an oligomer or a surfactant, which is added to the ink composition in comparatively small quantities (less than the quantity of pigment), in order to improve the dispersion of the marking particles.
  • the dispersant is predominantly soluble in the carrier liquid. Preferably, it is an oligomer or a polymer.
  • examples of dispersants include Solsperse S17000 made by Lubrizol and Colorburst 2155.
  • a “particle charging agent” is an agent that can dissociate into two or more charges species, one of which preferentially adsorbs onto the chargeable marking particles.
  • the particle charging agent is a metal salt or a polar solvent. Examples include “Nuxtra Zirconium 6%” from Huls America Inc. and “Octa-Soligen Zirconium 6" from OMG.
  • the carrier liquid used in the ink compositions of the invention is preferably a liquid having high electrical resistivity, i.e. insulating.
  • the resistivity is at least 10 9 ohm.cm.
  • a carrier liquid of the invention is preferably organic. It is an aliphatic hydrocarbon, such as a C 1 -C 20 alkane. More preferably, it is a branched C 1 -C 20 alkane.
  • Such liquids include Isopar G, hexane, cyclohexane and iso-decane.
  • compositions of the invention are characterised in that they do not contain a binder, i.e. an agent that can fix chargeable marking particles to a substrate.
  • a binder is usually a polymer or resin, which is added to an ink composition usually in comparatively large quantities (greater than the quantity of pigment) to adhere the pigment to the substrate via a subsequent curing process.
  • a binder is usually a polymer or resin that can be cross-linked after printing, such as epoxy resins, acrylic resins such as polymers and copolymers of acrylic acid and esters thereof, polymers and copolymers of methacrylic acid and esters thereof, vinyl resins such as polymers and copolymers including vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride and vinyl alcohol, and alkyl resins.
  • the present invention is a process for forming an image on a substrate, comprising depositing ink compositions of at least two colours onto the substrate to form the image, and fixing the image on the substrate, wherein the ink is deposited using an electrostatic printhead, which ejects chargeable marking particles dispersed in a carrier fluid by using an applied electric field to first concentrate and then eject the marking particles, and wherein all of the ink compositions are deposited onto the substrate before the image is fixed.
  • each ink composition comprises at least 6% by weight of chargeable marking particles. More preferably, it comprises 6% to 40% by weight of marking particles. More preferably, it comprises 6% to 25% or 8% to 25% by weight of marking particles.
  • each ink composition does not contain an agent that can fix the chargeable marking particles to the substrate (a binder).
  • the ink composition comprises a particle charging agent.
  • a process of the invention allows for the deposition of very small amounts of pigment (chargeable particles). This results in a very thin, concentrated layer of pigment, and it is therefore possible to lay down the successive colour separations without explicitly fixing each separation to the substrate.
  • the concentrated pigment deposition ensures that bleeding and smudging of the inks is prevented. Any residual carrier liquid in the image is then drawn-off to leave an image consisting of a thin, porous layer of pigment on the substrate.
  • Electrostatic printers suitable for use in the invention eject charged solid particles dispersed in a chemically inert, insulating carrier fluid by using an applied electric field to first concentrate and then eject the solid particles. Concentration occurs because the applied electric field causes electrophoresis and the charged particles move in the electric field towards the substrate until they encounter the surface of the ink. Ejection occurs when the applied electric field creates an electrophoretic force that is large enough to overcome the surface tension.
  • the electric field is generated by creating a potential difference between the ejection location and the substrate; this is achieved by applying voltages to electrodes at and/or surrounding the ejection location.
  • the location from which ejection occurs is determined by the printhead geometry and the location and shape of the electrodes that create the electric field.
  • a printhead consists of one or more protrusions from the body of the printhead and these protrusions (also known as ejection upstands) have electrodes on their surface.
  • the polarity of the bias applied to the electrodes is the same as the polarity of the charged particle so that the direction of the electrophoretic force is towards the substrate.
  • the overall geometry of the printhead structure and the position of the electrodes are designed such that concentration and then ejection occurs at a highly localised region around the tip of the protrusions.
  • the ink To operate reliably, the ink must flow past the ejection location continuously in order to replenish the particles that have been ejected. To enable this flow the ink must be of a low viscosity, typically a few centipoises.
  • the material that is ejected is more viscous because of the concentration of particles; as a result, the technology can be used to print onto non-absorbing substrates because the material will not flow significantly after impact.
  • Figure 1 is a drawing of the tip region of an electrostatic printhead 1 of the type described in this prior art, showing several ejection upstands 2 each with a tip 21. Between each ejection upstand is a wall 3, also called a cheek, which defines the boundary of each ejection cell. In each cell, ink flows in the two channels 4, one on each side of the ejection upstand 2 and in use the ink meniscus is pinned between the top of the cheeks and the top of the ejection upstand. In this geometry the positive direction of the z-axis is defined as pointing from the substrate towards the printhead, the x-axis points along the line of the tips of the ejection upstands and the y-axis is perpendicular to these.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic diagram in the x-z plane of a single ejection cell 5 in the same printhead 1, looking along the y-axis taking a slice through the middle of the tips of the upstands 2.
  • This figure shows the cheeks 3, the ejection upstand 2, the ejection location 6, the location of the ejection electrodes 7 and the position of the ink meniscus 8.
  • the solid arrow 9 shows the ejection direction and also points towards the substrate.
  • the pitch between the ejection cells is 168 ⁇ m.
  • the ink usually flows into the page, away from the reader.
  • Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the same printhead 1 in the y-z plane showing a side-on view of an ejection upstand along the x-axis.
  • This figure shows the ejection upstand 2, the location of the electrode 7 on the upstand and a component known as an intermediate electrode (10).
  • the intermediate electrode 10 is a structure that has electrodes 101, on its inner face (and sometimes over its entire surface), that in use are biased to a different potential from that of the ejection electrodes 7 on the ejection upstands 2.
  • the intermediate electrode 10 may be patterned so that each ejection upstand 2 has an electrode facing it that can be individually addressed, or it can be uniformly metallised such that the whole surface of the intermediate electrode 10 is held at a constant bias.
  • the intermediate electrode 10 acts as an electrostatic shield by screening the ejection location from external electric fields and allows the electric field at the ejection location 6 to be carefully controlled.
  • the solid arrow 11 shows the ejection direction and again points in the direction of the substrate.
  • the ink usually flows from left to right.
  • V B a voltage, V IE , between the intermediate electrode 10 and the substrate.
  • V IE a voltage, V IE + V B .
  • the magnitude of V B is chosen such that an electric field is generated at the ejection location 6 that concentrates the particles, but does not eject the particles. Ejection spontaneously occurs at applied biases of V B above a certain threshold voltage, V S , corresponding to the electric field strength at which the electrophoretic force on the particles exactly balances the surface tension of the ink. It is therefore always the case that V B is selected to be less than V S .
  • V B Upon application of V B , the ink meniscus moves forwards to cover more of the ejection upstand 2.
  • a further voltage pulse of amplitude V P is applied to the ejection upstand 2, such that the potential difference between the ejection upstand 2 and the intermediate electrode 10 is V B +V P . Ejection will continue for the duration of the voltage pulse.
  • One of the advantages of electrostatic printers of this type is that greyscale printing can be achieved by modulating either the duration or the amplitude of the voltage pulse.
  • the voltage pulses may be generated such that the amplitude of individual pulses are derived from the bitmap data, or such that the pulse duration is derived from the bitmap data, or using a combination of both techniques.
  • Electrostatic printers of the type described herein eject more viscous jets of particulate material from a less viscous carrier fluid. This offers many advantages over conventional digital printers based on piezoelectric or thermal technology including substrate independence, i.e. the ability to print onto absorbing and non-absorbing substrates without material spreading after impact, smaller dot diameters, improved dot formation (leading to a reduced number of satellite droplets), greyscale printing and compatibility with a wide range of materials.
  • electrostatic printers described herein are increased reliability. This may be due to the fact that there are no moving parts or that there is a very open structure (no small nozzles), which results in fewer blockages. Further, recirculating ink helps keep ink channels clear and particles suspended. These electrostatic printers are also low cost, as the uncomplicated printhead structure can be made using simple manufacturing techniques
  • Printheads comprising any number of ejectors can be constructed for use in the invention by fabricating numerous cells 5, of the type shown in Figures 1 to 3 , side-by-side along the x-axis.
  • a controlling computer converts image data (bit-mapped pixel values) stored in its memory into voltage waveforms (commonly digital square pulses) that are supplied to each channel individually.
  • image data bit-mapped pixel values
  • voltage waveforms commonly digital square pulses
  • a layer of pigment (marking particles) is fixed to a substrate.
  • the layer of pigment is coated with a varnish, for example: Hyperion Technology Varnish (product code 12104 XWH water-based varnish from Sun Chemical), or a varnish comprising styrene-acrylic based copolymer dispersed in slightly alkaline water, which is then cured.
  • the varnish can be put down by a contact or non-contact process and the curing system for the varnish may be via carrier evaporation or a thermal, chemical, UV or electron-beam cure as appropriate for the chosen varnish.
  • varnishes are: PPG8241-801/B and Valspar 2228005 thermal curing varnishes for metal; SunCure 15HC146 or 13HC143 UV-curing over-print varnish from Sun Chemical; Sunprop RB600 solvent-based lacquer also from Sun Chemical.
  • the surface of the substrate is pre-coated with a basecoat material before printing, the basecoat being in an uncured or partially cured state when the layers of pigment are deposited onto it by the printheads.
  • the pigments are then fixed to the substrate by curing the basecoat using a method suitable for the chosen basecoat, after all the pigments have been deposited.
  • a process of the invention includes printing onto a non-absorbent substrate.
  • non-absorbent means that the substrate takes up less than 50% of the applied carrier liquid.
  • the dry ink thickness can be very thin (less than 1 micron) as it consists almost totally of pigment, and therefore there is no visible surface relief or texture that results from the printing process.
  • the process requires such a small volume of ink, the time and energy required to dry the wet ink before varnishing is reduced.
  • the small volume of ink required means there is less solvent involved in the printing process and less solvent to be evaporated or recycled.
  • the invention also ensures a uniform finish (in terms of gloss, etc.), as the varnish can be applied to both the printed and unprinted areas of material, enhancing its visual appearance compared with a printing method where the inks and substrate have different visual properties.
  • magenta Yellow, magenta, cyan and black inks were prepared for use in the invention.
  • the formula for the magenta ink was as follows: Pigment PR 57:1 Permanent Rubine from Clariant 100 g Dispersant Solsperse S17000 6 g Carrier liquid Isopar G to 500 g
  • the other three inks were prepared by a similar method.
  • the four inks were printed sequentially from four printheads of the type described in WO93/11866 , WO97/27058 , WO97/27056 , WO98/32609 , WO01/30576 and WO03/101741 , onto a white base-coated metal substrate moving at a speed of 1 m/s relative to the printheads.
  • the width of each printhead was 172mm and the width of the print formed on the substrate from the printheads was 160mm.
  • the image was a four-colour design incorporating text, graphics and photographic elements and having a resolution of 600 pixels per inch.
  • Each colour separation was formed from four passes of the substrate under the printhead, which had an ejector spacing of 150 ejectors per inch, the four passes taking a total of 0.8 seconds, with a time interval of 0.2 seconds between finishing the printing of one colour and starting the printing of the next.
  • the printed substrate was dried using a combination of heating and airflow for one second (to evaporate residual carrier liquid from the print).
  • a thermally-curing, water-based varnish was applied to the printed substrate using an anilox roller, and cured by heating to 200 °C for five minutes. This gave a high level of fix, gloss and chemical and abrasion resistance to the printed material.
  • the four inks were printed sequentially from four printheads of the type described in WO93/11866 , WO97/27058 , WO97/27056 , WO98/32609 , WO01/30576 and WO03/101741 , onto a clear, 12 micron thick, PET (polyethylene terephthalate) film.
  • the PET film measuring approximately 200 mm by 300 mm, was mounted on a flat, horizontal, metal platen positioned approximately 0.5 mm beneath the printheads. The platen was controlled to move relative to the printheads repeatedly to and fro at a speed of 0.8 metres per second in a direction perpendicular to the printhead arrays.
  • the image to be printed was a 600 dot-per-inch, colour design incorporating text, graphics and photographic images, measuring 100 mm by 160 mm.
  • Each printhead was 100 mm wide and had an ejector spacing of 168 microns, such that four passes of the substrate beneath a given printhead created a 600 dot-per-inch, single colour separation of the printed image, each pass being offset by 42 microns from the previous pass.
  • one printhead at a time was controlled to print during each forward motion of the platen and, on each return pass of the platen, the printhead was controlled to move perpendicular to the substrate motion by a distance of 42 microns.
  • the colour image was printed onto the PET film by printing each of the four colour separations in the manner described above, sequentially, with a period of 30 seconds between the printing of each colour separation to allow the residual carrier liquid in the print to evaporate. Each colour separation took approximately 4 seconds to print, and there was no intermediate fixing between colours. Once all four colours had been printed, the printed image was fixed using Lukas Spray Film Gloss, number 2321, solvent based acrylic resin and allowed to air-dry. The resultant print on the PET film was near photographic quality with a high level of fix, gloss and chemical and abrasion resistance.

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